Samuel mcgee



@einen tang @anni @frn Letters Patent No. 75,177, dated March 3, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN BORING-PAUGETS.

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TO ALL WHOM II MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL liIcGEE, of Madison, in the county of Morris, and AState of New Jersey, havi invented a Self-Boring Cock or/Faucet, to be used for drawing fluids of' any kind from barrels or other wooden vessels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description` reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

The nature ofmy invention consists in adding to the simple and ordinary faucet a movable and adjustable 'uit or auger, with arms or handles to the same, in' order to render the same a self-boring instrument.

To enable others skilled iu mechanics to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. I l

The faucet shown is constructed with a series of openings, an, through which the liquid is intended to iiow. Between these openings and the inner end of the faucet, the diaphragm z' e' lis placed, preventing the liquid from owing into the end of the faucet', Into this diaphragm is inserted the stock, f', of an auger, projecting beyond the end of the faucet. The steek is held in place by a. pin, g, `passing through it. The screw on the end of the auger is followed by the cutting-bit 7c, which is constructed with a cutting-edge or lip, and a spur upon its outer end. This is adjustably attached to the stoel: ofthe auger by a set-screw, and so arranged that it may be altered to adapt it to the sizeof hole intended to be bored. l

By making the bit adjustable, I providefor attaching it to any given size of faucet. In all other faucets of this kind the bit is not adjustable, and can only be used in the one size. In the end of the faticet, and between the diaphragm t' z' and the end of the tube, is a recess toreceive the cuttings` formed by the bit after entering the Wood. Handles, ce, are attached to the faiicet to assist in screwing it into the irood.

What I claim as my invention is not, broadly, the combination of a boring-bit and a faucet, for this I know -is not new. A v

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1. The combination of a faucet iand an adjustable cutter so arranged that it may be adapted tovfaucets of various sizes, substantially 11S S t forth.

l 2 Constructing a faucet 'Lti a diaphragm, a, to form a chamber in the end to receive the cutting made by the bit in entering the barrel, substantially as Set fol-51h v l "f SAMUEL McGEE.

Witnesses:

Fnsn. A. DE Mor'r, JACOB VANATTA. 

